Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

【倅迣/亅说尰啭立尊?㈨ ④ 八 З 二 四 ○ ㈨②】

The matter of making salt is just a matter of lip service.

However, when it comes to implementation, it is not that simple.

Zhu Di planned to have all the salt production done by his family, Lao Zhu.

As for other sales and other tasks, they are left to outside merchants.

But the problem is that if your old Zhu family wants to contract so much money, the Ministry of Revenue is not happy!

Not only the household department is not happy, but the other five departments are not very happy either!

You, Mr. Zhu, want to reform the salt policy. Everyone can cooperate with you, but you can't not let outsiders eat any of your scum!

It has been agreed that the salt factory will belong to the imperial court. Now you want to take it into the hands of Lao Zhu's family?

So can we cooperate with you?

No one dared to confront the imperial edict head-on.

But we still have a lot of courage to go against the will and show off without working hard!

The specific result is reflected in the fact that until today, everyone has not completed all the procedures.

"These literati are so shameless! Shameless and scoundrels!" Zhu Zhanji said angrily.

His ultimate goal in doing things is actually to gain some luck and merit.

Zhu Zhankan has already told them the magical effects of luck and merit.

And after the Luck Golden Dragon has been strengthened, the difficulty of obtaining luck and merit has been reduced compared to before.

Zhu Zhankan waved his hand indifferently and said: "How about the literati? Haven't you already learned the lesson? Didn't you recognize the face of the literati when you were in the business department? At that time, you had not touched their great interests. Woolen cloth."

Zhu Zhankan took a sip of tea: "Next, as long as it is delayed for a few more days, they can go to the report and say that the salt production work is not good, but then again, the salt production is all in our hands. , It’s really a bit unreliable.”

"Despite what the literati say about merchants being a lowly profession, almost all merchants in Yingtian Mansion have official backgrounds."

“How could you let go of such a huge profit from the salt administration?”

Chapter 115 The power of literati

Zhu Zhanji nodded with deep approval: "The imperial court has treated them very kindly, but they are still not satisfied!"

Zhu Zhankan shook his head and said, "Just the tax exemption for their fame is enough for them to live in for a lifetime."

Everyone is saying that officials' salaries are very small.

The salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the lowest in all dynasties.

But the problem is that when talking about a job, you can’t look at the salary!

Not to mention, officials at all levels have considerable power.

The mere system of merit tax exemption has brought great convenience and benefits to many people.

Through the tax-free policy brought by fame, the gentry can accept the land entrusted by others and earn the price difference.

What’s even more amazing is that after waiting for a few years or more, you will have the opportunity to directly buy the land at a low price!

"Fame is tax-free? Is it true that our court treats officials very well?" Zhu Zhanji said that the court treated officials very well, but he was just casually agreeing.

In fact, under the tireless influence of many people, Zhu Zhanji actually felt that the life of officials seemed to be a bit hard.

Have to rely on corruption to make some money.

Zhu Zhankan was stunned. He thought Big Brother had seen clearly the nature of the benefits officials received.

Unexpectedly, Big Brother just chimed in casually!

"Of course! As far as they can get the right to tax exemption after passing the examination, even if they don't join the job, it will be enough to support themselves and their descendants!"

Big Brother was still a little puzzled and asked: "The right to tax exemption? How do they rely on the right to tax exemption to obtain wealth? The tax exemption is not much, right?"

almost? Much worse, okay?

During the Hongwu period, there were not many tax-free privileges.

Because there were not many scientific expeditions during the Hongwu period.

During the thirty-one years of Hongwu's reign, there were only a few imperial examinations.

The number of people admitted was also small. Except for one time where more than 400 people were admitted, the number of people admitted for other scientific examinations ranged from dozens to more than 200 people.

For example, in the several imperial examinations held during the Yongle period, there were hundreds of people taking part in them almost every time.

Moreover, during the Hongwu period, civil servants had another even greater characteristic.

The liquidity is relatively strong, and many people will get tickets to visit the underworld without a return ticket.

It is unknown how many of the three or nine tribes of officials are left.

Not to mention any tax-free privileges.

Therefore, during the Hongwu period, the so-called tax exemption issue did not exist at all.

If you embezzle sixty taels, you will be skinned!

Do you dare to take advantage of the tax exemption? How many three tribes do you have?

But it was completely different in the Yongle period. Zhu Laosi, who relied on Jingnan to ascend to power, gave too much preferential treatment to the literati.

Moreover, the number of tax-free acres stipulated by Taizu for each person gradually expanded starting from the Yongle Dynasty.

Zhu Zhankan thought for a moment and said simply: "The simplest method is according to the court regulations, which is one tax per thirty."

"Brother, if you are a farmer, let me tell you that as long as you put your land with me, you only need to pay 40 taxes per yen, or you can still pay 30 per cent tax per yen. But those little tax collectors don't dare to find it for you. Please, are you willing to put the land here with me?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded: "Of course I am willing! It is a good thing to pay less taxes or not to make things difficult for you!"

He suddenly realized: "So this is how to make money through tax exemption!"

Then Zhu Zhanji became confused again, "Isn't it right? Thirty taxes per one, that's how much tax! That's not a lot of money!"

It wasn't that he had really calculated it, but he felt that if such taxes were too high, his money-hungry emperor would have already ordered a reduction in the tax exemption policy.

Zhu Zhankan looked at his big brother with relief, feeling as if his silly son had grown up.

"Theoretically speaking, it is indeed what you said. The amount of money collected from the thirty tax is not that much."

"According to regulations, a Juren can be exempted from taxes on 400 acres of land. The yield of one mu of land is about 2-3 shi of grain. This means that a Juren can take away about 30-40 shi of grain every year!"

Zhu Zhanji kept fiddling with his fingers, and finally the result was almost the same.

So he nodded in approval and said, "That's true. Calculated this way, based on the maximum forty shi of grain, it's only a few dozen taels of silver.

A year's time, only a few dozen taels of silver, is just enough to study, right? "

Zhu Zhankan shook his head. It seems that Big Brother's practice is still a bit shallow!

"The calculation is correct, but this is just an account calculated according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Zhanji asked with some confusion: "Isn't it right to calculate according to the Ming Law?"

"Brother, do you know the tax regulations set by Taizu?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded: "I know! The tax stipulates that the tax is thirty to one. Even if some officials make things difficult, I'm afraid it will only be twenty to one, or even fifteen to one, right?"

Zhu Zhankan smiled and said: "Brother, you forgot to mention that Taizu also stipulated the annual agricultural tax revenue! The annual grain and agricultural tax revenue is set at about 27 million shi of grain!"

"The source of food is land. The more land, the more food; the more food, the more taxes."

Zhu Zhanji nodded, somewhat unclearly.

"However, with the help of the tax exemption policy, the land, or the land that needs to be paid has been reduced!"

Zhu Zhanji instantly understood the problem!

He followed Zhu Zhankan's words with dull eyes.

"The amount of land that needs to be taxed has decreased, but the annual tax is still a fixed number!"

Zhu Zhanji's tone paused: "So, the excess taxes still have to come from the people in the same county."

"That's right!" Zhu Zhankan answered: "According to the three-year examination, an imperial examination can occupy 400 acres of land. So far, our Yongle Dynasty has held three imperial examinations. If there are several imperial examinations in a certain county, Juren, a few more high-level officials will appear.”

"The local people will be taxed at least one for fifteen. If coupled with the oppression of some petty officials and petty officials, I'm afraid there will be even more tax fraud."

Zhu Zhankan said with emotion: "This is also the reason why many dynasties finally perished."

"The gentry officials took the land into their own hands, and they didn't have to pay taxes, and the country always needs taxes. In the end, the result is that they continue to oppress the few common people! As a result, the taxes borne by the common people are getting higher and higher until they can support themselves. I can’t afford myself…”

"Then it's time to change the so-called dynasty."

Zhu Zhanji was a little shocked by Zhu Laoliu's words. He didn't expect that a small merit interview policy would actually involve the issue of Ming's life and death!

Zhu Zhankan continued: "This is the general trend that literati have always relied on. The so-called farming, reading and passing on the family is nothing more than this."

"However, rather than being a farming and studying family, it would be better to say that it is a land family."

Chapter 116 Everything is not going well for the brothers

After all, Zhu Zhanji is still relatively young and feels that he is not afraid of risks.